The message yesterday from Mary E. Adams contained a few words from God
that I think we all need to read and ponder deeply. I am enclosing the
message here in the hope that we all will stop in our tracks in this
busy Christmas season and let the import of these words sink into our
often distracted lives.

One of the very few things we can control is our mind and its focus and
attention. Therefore, let us take this one opportunity to re-read and
think carefully on the words that Mary sent yesterday, words, in my
humble and simple opinion, should be immortalized somewhere, but first
and foremost, in our hearts, Let us then pray from the bottom of our
hearts this Christmas season that our lives will strengthened, or even
changed entirely as was the heart of Mr. Scrooge, into what God wants
us to be: his everlasting and intimate friend. He wants to be in our
lives so very much. We will open up new possibilities for our lives if
we drop our every resistance and guard and let him in completely and
thoroughly into every part of our lives, no matter how small or
seemingly insignificant.

I urge you all to read Mary E. Adams incredibly beautiful and touching prayer for all of us at all times in our lives.
I thank you for posting this message, Mary.

As many of you already know, my two favorite Bible verses for life's
needs (after John 3:16 and Romans 10:9-10) are the following.
They are illustrated so very well, I think, in the message relayed in Mary's post:

1) "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Trust ye in the Lord forever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength." Isa. 26:3-4

2) "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." Prov. 3:5-6

I pray that God in his great love for all His creation will today and
every day continue to richly bless and keep every person who pauses
here today to read this message.
Read God's Word every day. Please continue to respond inwardly and
outwardly to His deep concern and love for you, and indeed for us all.

(P.S. As you may have already guessed, this message was written with
many tears of joy, and thanksgiving. I am so very grateful, as always,
when I am given the opportunity and privilege of bringing comforting
and helpful words to the attention of those like myself who are
committed to living in obedience to our Lord's teachings. Thank you
Mary again for posting such an inspiring message.)

"Did you not
notice that it was during the storm that you also experienced My calm and
glorious presence? Take note, my child. Comfort your
own heart and those of others who love Me. This
is how it can also be in
all the storms that are to come. Whatever happens upon the earth and
in your life, I am the One who is always and eternally with you. Do
not be distracted by the calamaties that arise. You think of them, but
seldom do you pray much about them. Focus on Me alone. That is
the place of peace and safety, comfort and strength. As I told My
disciples before I returned into heaven: 'It is not for you to know the times
and seasons which the Father hath put in his own power.' I have told you
the signs that foretell My return. Watch for them with great joy and
anticipation.

I have taught you much,
yet your thoughts are sometimes as broken and scattered as the limbs
from your trees. You forget to ask Me for the simplest of things,
because you have not comprehended My burning desire for you to involve me in
all your thoughts.....just as I involve Myself in
yours. Yet you think, "I should not bother God with such simple
things, as 'where did I put my car keys?'"

You remember how you
awed the night scene which I woke you to behold? Trillions and
trillions of stars, so many you could never even see with your naked eye, yet I
named each one--because I care for my creation. You are also my creation
and I care for You and have written your name upon My hand.

But be mindful of Me,
as I am mindful of You. Become aware and engrave upon your mind
that I am a NOW God....this moment, this hour. I never sleep nor
slumber. All things are mine, except the times you choose to by-pass My
wisdom and provision by failing to ask for mine and then relying upon
your own.

Does a farmer plant
seeds in the earth and not watch over them, observing and anticipating new
growth, testing the soil for moisture and needed rains, the warmth of the
sun--careful to defend his crop from invading pests? Is one seed more
important to him than another? Why, then, do you limit my concerns in your own
life? Your prayers to Me are
like these seeds, and whatever you ask of Me, I am such a master gardener with
My Word. I watch over it to perform it. Each prayer is a seed in
My garden.

Give Me your
seeds. No matter the size. The things you cannot understand, the questions
that lack answers, the longings and uncertainties, the fears. This time of
waiting is your opportunity to learn the lesson I am trying to teach
you.

Start today, at each
and every opportunity. Treasure the smallest need you may have. It
is not just a need--it is a seed for you to plant.
Then watch, with Me,
what will become of it when I become The Gardener.